A couple more photos from the flower shoot last week. It is interesting to see the detail in flowers… It is also fun to play with depth of field… Technical to follow…. Depth of field is the range of “acceptable Read More …

I have been trying to figure out a way to cull my photographs. Even (especially?) in the film days, it was easy to accumulate a lot of images. Most of them OK, The trouble is that, after each shoot, I Read More …

So I picked up a Nikon D500 from a friend last week. For a number of technical issues1 I was concerned the image quality would not be up to my old D610. I was wrong. This image would not have Read More …

I had brunch today with a group of artist friends. Most of these friends are painters and we were having a conversation on what makes an artist, and the difference between painting and photography. As a photographer, I said I Read More …

One of the things that seems to confuse new photographers is the fact that everything seems to be the opposite. For example, a small f-number lets in less light than a large f-number. The reason for this is that many Read More …

I went for a short walk with my dad the other day at the Malcolm Knapp research forest. As we were entering the park, I saw this scene and thought I could make it into a Christmas card. I had Read More …

Post processing is a necessary step in creating a great photo. Back in the day, I had binders full of negatives, slides, and proof prints and I would spend hours in the darkroom burning, dodging and manipulating prints. Today, I use Read More …